When time shall be no more :

Boyer, Paul S.

When time shall be no more : prophecy belief in modern American culture / Paul S. Boyer. - Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1992. - xiv, 468 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations, map. 25 cm. - Studies in cultural history. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins of the apocalyptic --
Rhythms of prophecy belief --
Premillennial strand --
Atomic bomb and nuclear war --
Ezekiel as the first cold warrior --
Final chastisement of the chosen --
United States in prophecy --
Antichrist, 666, and the mark of the beast --
Continuing appeal of prophecy belief --
Apocalyptic portents in a post-cold war world.

067495128 (alk. paper cloth)


Bible --Prophecies.
United States--1945---Religion
Millennialism--United States.

BR526 / .B69 1992